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There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular.

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  • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

    There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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    @david_chisnall *chuckles in IPv6*

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      @david_chisnall *chuckles in IPv6*

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      @DJGummikuh @david_chisnall go on

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      • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

        There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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        @david_chisnall @pluralistic oh no. I'm currently rebuilding my most popular project from scratch.

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        • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

          There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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          @david_chisnall Happens every time creators of popular programming languages get asked about their language design ideas. 😆

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          • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

            There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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            @david_chisnall companies often think they are great and never consider that they were just lucky.

            When the market changes they suddenly evaporate without trace and are all sulky about it... E.g. Nokia.

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            • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

              There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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              @david_chisnall see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanderization

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              • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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                @david_chisnall Usually the thing is: simplicity. And they never manage to reproduce that.

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                • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                  There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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                  @david_chisnall

                  Scion xB's upright driving position without SUV height attracting older customers instead of targeted youth.
                  ----- https://www.insidehook.com/autos/doomed-toyota-scion-brand/amp

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                  • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                    There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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                    @david_chisnall trying to decode whether this is about cheri or about electric light orchestra's fan-favorite album, time (1981)

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                    • memeticist@jorts.horseM memeticist@jorts.horse

                      @david_chisnall trying to decode whether this is about cheri or about electric light orchestra's fan-favorite album, time (1981)

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                      @memeticist@jorts.horse @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange I thought it was about Plan 9
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                      • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                        There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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                        • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                          There's a recurring theme in technology that the creators of something popular don't understand why it is popular. Often it's in spite of the thing that they think is important and often because of some completely unrelated ecosystem effects. Then they build a second thing that does whatever they thought was important in the first one, only more so. And they're confused about why it's not popular.

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                          @david_chisnall Let me guess: this is about LLM:s

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